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The Blood Compact

Vladimir circled in front of them, saying that he might "need" Eloise. She froze, an expression of pure terror flitting over her features. Eloise tightened her grip on the other vampire's arm, not realizing that her fingers were almost vise-like. Please, no, no, no, she thought desperately, the blood draining from her face. We're so close. So, so, close.

In that moment, Eloise realized how goddamn tired she was of being constantly used, like she was an object or a tool-not a living, breathing being, with a perfectly functioning mind, thank you very much.

"Please," she whispered all but inaudibly, choking on the fear. Vladimir would take her to the Covenant, and the Covenant....the Covenant would hurt her. She began to shake, then, memories of the vampire hunters and her sire alike flooding her mind and meshing into one.

The air was tense as the golden-eyed newcomer surveyed the unlikely group. He was obviously armed-his coat did nothing to conceal the weapons on his person. Eloise listened with mild surprise as he pleaded for Hank, Vladimir, Eloise, and the last vampire to help him save the humans and hunters who had been captured by some oldblood named Magnus. Eloise's mind whirled-so that was why the Covenant was bringing her to Tennessee.

The golden-eyed vampire seemed desperate. I just want to leave, Eloise thought miserably. Does that make me selfish? I suppose it does. Oh, but for the love of god, I don't care...

"Please don't make me go back to them," she whispered, her voice breaking in the middle. If she ever went back to the Covenant, they would treat her like her sire had. Eloise just wanted everything to stop hurting. Was that truly so much to ask?

The Blood Compact

Just a quick q-does Eloise count as a new blood if she was turned in 1870?

The Blood Compact

The other vampire seemed peeved, to say the least, at Vladimir's arrival. She declined Eloise's offer to heal her eye (instead, the eye re-grew on its own), and began snapping at the hybrid.

Eloise stayed silent, unsure of what to make of the situation. Was Vladimir loyal enough to the Covenant that he would be angry that the hunters were dead? Would he accept Hank and the other vampire's explanation, or would he sense that everything they said was bullshit? Most of all, what would Vladimir say about-as the parasol-twirling vampire said it-Eloise being 'freed'?

Speaking of which, Eloise was not sure how she was supposed to feel. On one hand, this ancient vampire was talking about freeing her from the Covenant...and nobody had ever done that before. Nobody had ever cared that much about Eloise, and it...it meant a lot. Sarah, her best friend before she was turned, hadn't even cared that much. She was too scared to do anything, thought Eloise with a touch of sadness. And what could she have done, anyway? Mistress would have killed her in an instant.

On the other hand, Eloise wasn't even sure that she remembered what anything besides blood tasted like, much less how to /make/ something-but hopefully, with some time, she would be able to recall the recipes that she and John had created. Nowadays, random flashes of the past came and went, so with a bit of luck, she would remember. Eloise really, really, really hoped that she would eventually remember. Would her rescuer be angry if she didn't, and treat her the way that her sire and the Covenant had?

Eloise forced herself to stop thinking about it.

Eloise looked on with surprise as the other vampire lifted up her skirt and pulled out two knives. Faster than she could blink, the zip ties that bound her wrists together tightly slipped down to the ground, and there was another blade piercing the tracker-cuff on her ankle. There was a slight hissing noise as the batteries were rendered useless.

The ancient vampire ordered Hank to start the "car-wain" (Eloise wasn't really sure what the vehicle Hank was headed towards was truly called-she had never seen one before, confined as she was in the Covenant's London headquarters before being flown to America), and she held out her hand for Eloise to take-which she did so, gladly. She stumbled forward, wincing, and Eloise did her best to support her weight as the other vampire began pulling Eloise to the "car-wain". Eloise quickly followed along. She wanted to be out of there as fast as possible-who knew, Vladimir might decide that he should act in the Covenant's best interests and attempt to return Eloise to them.

This belief was reinforced with the arrival of another vampire. This one was black-haired and golden-eyed, and he smelled pretty old (though not as old as Eloise's unlikely ally). He seemed to be addressing Hank.

Eloise lowered her eyes meekly and quickened her pace.

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